Five Great Rock and Roll Tenor Saxophone Solos

[@jaxziel]

Thank you ,still picking up pointers at 84,play sax every day

[@seanhully]

That’s inspiring!

[@thomasmione7704]

Thank you for putting this up for the world to see. Great fun, for you to play and for us to hear. You have quite the talent if you picked those up by ear and wrote them down.

[@seanhully]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@johndeer4250]

this was a thrilling experience thanks for this video

[@seanhully]

Thanks so much! Sorry to answer after a year, I just found your comment!

[@peedrowchan-man102]

What great playing and selections! Thanks for sharing and inspiring!

[@seanhully]

Thank you!

[@menaseven9093]

Awesome rock and roll saxophone solo.

[@seanhully]

Thank you

[@randymetson9105]

Great to hear that you're keepin the faith. Long live rock and roll.

[@Jazzapatiss]

Magnifique! Thank you

[@TheDavidmachin]

Great work. Nicely presented! Thanks for sharing this.

[@seanhully]

Thank you David for taking time to mention. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@denisedayton8374]

Great sound!

[@seanhully]

Thanks!

[@DolphScreamingSax]

Well done Sean, good performance.😊

[@seanhully]

Thanks DSS!

[@jamesalcock5840]

Awesome job Sean.

[@seanhully]

Thanks James.

[@stevepethel6843]

Man your voice and mic sounds great.God bless you for a sax compilation video I loved it...

[@seanhully]

Thanks Steve. The mic I'm using is an MXL990 that I've had for years. It's an inexpensive microphone but quite good. I hear they can be modified to even better, but I don't know much about that stuff. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for your note too!

[@dange160650]

Great solos, love it 👍

[@seanhully]

Thanks!

[@daviddiaz4716]

Great job. loved it.

[@seanhully]

Thanks David

[@hasanoktay3725]

great performance

[@seanhully]

Thank you.

[@vincentvega9863]

Fantastic! Having searched for exactly this I'm thrilled you uploaded this vid. I've subscribed so I hope there's more like this to follow in the future?

[@seanhully]

Hi again Vincent. Check my channel home page for a playlist called Rock & Roll Saxophone Transcriptions. I currently have five other videos about my transcriptions and they include links to PDFs on my main website. Thanks!

[@Louisejames23]

I was discussing with my sax teacher today that when you buy the music books for sax they transcribe the vocal parts, not the actual sax parts, and it’s so annoying! This is the kind of stuff I really want to learn, thanks for the video 😊❤👍🎷

[@seanhully]

Yes, many of the books only give the basic melody of the songs, and often the keys are different to make them even easier. Transcriptions of rock sax solos are hard to find. I'm happy to know you found this useful.

[@BRANDONMUNROMUSIC]

Great stuff !

[@seanhully]

Thanks!

[@TheMaburg]

Tremendous!

[@seanhully]

Thanks so much!

[@user-DC1422]

Good day. Great video. Will you please send me the 4 transcribed solos?

[@seanhully]

I would need your email address. You can also find them here: seanhully.com/product/657161. You don't need to pay anything for the download.

[@ayeemtsimilx]

I’d love learn ace cannon tuff

[@ejkoford5303]

Hello Sean, Thank sfor putting these up. My background was in classical and big band jazz, so learning to do the 50's genre rock riffs is a constant challenge. You are very restrained in this clip, and use very few notes.. highly repetitive... which I guess is intentional, and maybe repeats exactly how the original was recorded. If there was a primer to how to play 50's rock style, I'd like to hear, read it. I looked everywhere for a CD set called "greatest 50's sax solos" but your clip is the closest I came. Again, thanks. Id be interested to hear what you have to say about playing the style that is appropriate to this music.

[@seanhully]

Hi Ej, all of the solos are direct transcriptions from the original recordings. If you'd like them just let me know, and I'll send them to you by email. You can also find them on my website to download. When you're learning this style, it's best to play along with the recordings and absorb the nuances. Eventually, you may get comfortable with the style. I recommend listening to King Curtis and Jr. Walker as an introduction to this style. You're the second person asking about a 50's sax solo book so it's on my mind to put one together if there is enough interest.

[@ejkoford5303]

@@seanhully Thank you, Sean!

[@vincentvega9863]

@@seanhully I hope there's been other interest from others and I'm not only the third person interesting in a 50's rock n roll book? I grew up listening to guys like Little Richard whose featured music had a lot of sax solos, this is the genre I aspire to play. (P.s. Loved your rendition of Yakkety Yak, another one of my favourites!)

[@seanhully]

@@vincentvega9863 Hi Vincent, thanks for reminding me about the rock & roll sax book. I've been focusing on getting back to live playing and working on my teaching studio for the fall, as well as domestic stuff, so my videos have taken a back seat for a while. I hope to get caught up on things and get back to a place of regularity so I have more time. Thanks for the compliment too. I love playing Yakety Yak because it's so fun.

[@nolangrabet6515]

could i get transcription to "in the still of the night"

[@seanhully]

Sure! You can get it here in the package of the five solos: seanhully.com/product/657161

[@JoJo-sg3yd]

love your sound , What is your set up .

[@seanhully]

Thanks I appreciate it. I use a Super Action 80 Series II with a Guardala mouthpiece and a Winslow ligature. I can't identify the exact model of mouthpiece at this time, but it's one of the handmade ones.

[@seanhully]

I revised the chart for Land Of 1000 Dances to fix the ending.

[@flatcarwillie]

Great stuff! How can I get Come Go with Me, Land of 1000, and Yakety Yak?

[@seanhully]

Hey there, I’ll get that ready for you!

[@seanhully]

Send me your email address. My address is in the "About" tab on my KZbin home page. I can send Come Go With Me right away. Sorry I'm late replying. I didn't get a notification of your comment.

[@flatcarwillie]

Cannot find your address.

[@seanhully]

flatcarwillie [e-mail]

[@seanhully]

Update: new email is [e-mail]

[@tonyc.1376]

Good stuff man. May I ask what mouthpiece you use to get such a bright tone?

[@seanhully]

Hey thanks. I have one of the original Dave Guardala handmade mouthpieces coupled with a Winslow ligature.

[@craigwilson8615]

Please send me transcriptions

[@seanhully]

Hi Craig, I'd be happy to send them! However, I need an email address. You can also download the package at this link: seanhully.com/music-store Thanks!

[@dileepnaik1312]

Too hood all were great

[@canigolo]

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